Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm, to HM Envoy in Persia, Sir Harford Jones
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Copy of a letter from the British Government of India’s Envoy to Persia [Iran], Brigadier-General Sir John Malcolm, to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, of 15 July 1810. The letter contains Malcolm's views concerning the Definitive Treaty [Prelimin...
‘Translation of a Journal kept by Meerza Saleh during his late Missions to the Russian Head Quarters’
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Translation of a journal kept by the Persian envoy Meerza Saleh [Mīrzā Ṣāliḥ Shīrāzī] during his missions to the Russian army’s headquarters at Abbasabad [‘Abbasabad] and Karababa [Qarababa] during the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Meerza Saleh deta...
Copies of Translated Letters from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Moatumud oo Dowleh and the Kaim Mukam
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Copies of translated letters from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Moatumud oo Dowleh [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah] and the Kaim Mukam [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām, the Vizier of the Crown P...
Copy of a letter (No. 38) from Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to Persia, to the Secret Committee
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Dispatch No. 38 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tabreez [Tabriz] and dated 14 December 1828. The letter discusses: The plans of the Prince Royal ...
Copy of a letter (No. 38) from Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to Persia, to the Secret Committee
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Dispatch No. 38 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Tabreez [Tabriz] and dated 14 December 1828. The letter discusses: The plans of the Prince Royal ...
File 4673/1919 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf:- Visit to England of the son of the Sheikh of Bahrein + party. General arrangements + proceedings. Incidence of cost.’
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This part contains correspondence regarding the visit of a Mission (deputation) consisting of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, son of Shaikh Isa of Bahrein [Bahrain], Abdullah’s son Muhammad, Abdullah’s Private Secretary Jasim Cheravi, and a personal servant, to the United Kingdom and Paris in 19...
Coll 29/17 'Shiraz: bonus to staff on account of currency depreciation; office allowance'
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The file concerns the British Consulate at Shiraz. The file covers office allowance grants, bonuses, staff pay, cost of living in Shiraz, and increase of pay and clothing allowance for the Consulate gardeners. The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, t...
Coll 29/52 'Seistan and Kerman consular districts: Duzdap vice-consular area; consular agent at Bam'
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The file concerns consular jurisdiction in South-East Persia. The file contains correspondence related to: proposed appointment of a British Consular Agent at Bam [Iran], 1929 proposed rearrangements of Sistan and Kerman consular districts, 1929 consular representation in the Sarhad, 1929 defin...
Coll 29/58 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: increase in pay of vice consul at Mohammerah'
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The file concerns the proposal to increase the pay of the Vice-Consul at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran], in 1932. The file is composed of correspondence between Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Government of India, Secretary of State for India and Foreign Office.
The Conduct of the Suite of the Shah of Persia when Returning from their Visit to the Shrines of Kasimeen, Kerbulla and Nejef, and the ‘Evasions’ of the Persian Government Regarding the ‘Misdeeds’ of the Hamawund Tribe
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Political Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 48 of 1871, dated 15 March 1871, containing an enclosure dated 17 January 1871. The enclosure consists of a copy of a despatch from HM Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], Colonel Ch...
